$1.5M bond set for Penn

Timothy Allen Penn, 28, was charged July 3 with capital murder in connection with the death of a 5-month-old child.

Timothy Allen Penn, 28, was charged July 3 with capital murder in connection with the death of a 5-month-old child.

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Timothy Allen Penn, 28, was charged July 3 with capital murder in connection with the death of a 5-month-old child.

Timothy Allen Penn, 28, was charged July 3 with capital murder in connection with the death of a 5-month-old child.

Photo: Midland County Sheriff’s Office

$1.5M bond set for Penn

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Bond for a Midland man charged with capital murder after he allegedly hit an infant was set at $1.5 million.

Timothy Allen Penn, 28, was being held Wednesday on a capital felony charge of capital murder of a person under 10 years of age and a $250,000 bond for a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child/elderly/disabled individual with intent to commit serious bodily or mental injury.

A Midland police detective responded to Midland Memorial Hospital on June 22 in reference to a 4-month-old who arrived at the hospital with no heart rate and multiple injuries.

Penn admitted to slapping the child five times on June 21 and to hitting hard enough to cause the injuries, according to his arrest affidavit. The hospital reported multiple skull fractures, rib fractures, fluid in the lungs and anal tearing, according to the affidavit.

“Timothy stated that he first tried talking to the baby, but he didn’t understand so he did what he did tonight,” the affidavit stated. “Timothy stated that he hit the child hard enough to cause the brain bleed and the anal tearing.”

The infant was taken to a Lubbock hospital due to life-threatening injuries and died on Sunday, according to the affidavit.

Penn was arrested June 22 and charged with the first-degree felony. He was charged with capital murder on Monday. Attempts to contact his attorney were unsuccessful.

Midlander Tiffany Enriquez, 22, was arrested in Lubbock on June 26 in connection with the case, according to a previous Reporter-Telegram report. She was being held Wednesday at Midland County Central Detention Center on a $100,000 bond for the first-degree felony charge of child/elderly/disabled individual with intent to commit serious bodily or mental injury. The investigation revealed Enriquez’s lack of action led to the child’s injuries, according to the report.

“Tiffany stated that Timothy has been hitting the child since he was born and only stopped for a brief period of time when they called the doctor, and the doctor told him it was normal for the baby to cry,” the affidavit stated. “On this particular incident (June 21, 2017) Tiffany stated that Timothy slapped the baby so hard that he stopped breathing which is why they took him to the doctor.”